Umbrella.



PATENTED 00T. 6', 1903.

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'IHEODORE PACHALI, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORY OF ONE- HALF TO CHARLES L. ROLLAND, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 740,988, dated October 6, 1903. Application iiled March 9 1903. Serial No. 146.865. (No model.)

citizen of 'the United States, residing in the city of Reading, county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in umbrellas designed for the purpose of providing a more substantial and durable construction without complicating the same or materially increasing the cost..

The invention consists particularly in the improved construction of and connection between the ribs and the notch, as fully de scribed hereinafter and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is an elevation showing my improved notch in cross-section as applied to an umbrella-stick and indieating a rib in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a top view of the lower part 6 of the notch, and Fig. 3 is a bottom View of the upper part 5 thereof. Figs. a, 5, and 6 show the ribpivoting ring separately, the latter indicating the same distorted to readily permit the Stringing of the ribs thereon, as indicated in Fig. 4, preparatory to dropping the same jointly upon the notch part 6.

My improved Vnotch comprises two parts 5 and 6, which are separably connected to each other and to the stick et, as shown, by means of a pin 7, passing through the concentric sleeve portions S and 9 thereof. .These parts are provided with opposing collars or flanges 10 and 11, respectively, between which is interposed the rib pivoting ring' 13, upon which the series of ribs 14 are strung. This ring 13, asshown, is formed of a short piece of brass wire or the like of substantial diameter bent to a circle, with its abutting ends disconnected and one of thembent upward, as indicated at 15, to engage a recess 16 in the notch part 5, as hereinafter referred to. This wire ring bears upon the horizontal shoulder or ange 11 of the notch part and is covered by the notch part 5, which is formed with a circular receiving-groove 17 and the recess 16 in the horizontal face thereof to firmly engage the ring between the parts. Corresponding slots or ways 18 and 19 are provided in ,the opposing flanges 10 and 11 of the notch parts to form guideways for the rib-eyes 20. To enable these ribs to be conveniently placed first upon the ring 13 and then in a group upon the notch part 6, with the rib-eyes in the guideways or notches 19 therefor, I form said part 6 with a preferably conical intermediate portion 21 and make the ring 13 of sufficient size to allow the rib eyes or tips when strung thereon to clear the periphery of the sleeve portion 9 in dropping the loaded ring upon the iiange 11, as will appear from Figs. land et. After this has been done and the cover part 8 of the notch has been putin place thereon and secured to the stick the ribs are very strongly and satisfactorily pivoted and guided in the notch and the ends at the same time are so covered by the overhanging part 8 of the notch as to practically protect the fabric from wear by contact therewith.

My improved rib pivoting ring being formed of considerably heavier material than' the light twisted wire ordinarily employed provides increased rigidity and wearing-surface for-.the rib connections,and the increased diameter of said ring and its supporting flanges, due to the conical formation of the inner notch part 6, provides more substantial support for said ring between the ribs, while at the same time facilitating the assembling of the several parts and providing a' very substantial and satisfactory structure.

What I claim is- 1. An umbrella-notch comprising separablyconnected parts having corresponding vertical ribways, and horizontal meeting faces formed with a circular receiving-groove, and a split rib-pivoting ring located in said groove between the parts and having one of its ends bent and engaged in a perforation in one of said parte substantially as set forth.

2. An umbrella-notch comprising an Vinner cylindrical part formed with a-conical portion having a circularringsupporting ilange, and a correspondingly-,bored inclosing part formed with a ring-covering iiange, 'substan- 'rHEoDonE PAcHALI.`

Witnesses:

D. M. STEWART, CHARLES L. ROLLAND. 

